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| State Dept Computers Hacked, Email Shut Down |
| 2014-11-17 |
| [HOSTED.AP.ORG] The State Department has taken the unprecedented step of shutting down its entire unclassified email system as technicians repair possible damage from a suspected hacker attack. A senior department official said Sunday that "activity of concern" was detected in the system around the same time as a previously reported incident that targeted the White House computer network. That incident was made public in late October, but there was no indication then that the State Department had been affected. Since then, a number of agencies, including the U.S. Postal Service and the National Weather Service, have reported attacks. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 Yahoo. It's the number one choice of senior Federal employees, execs and political appointees. Jeez. Expect lots of 'phishing' scams and email hijacks, then. A mail system that truly 'eats' your content. I guess I should expect nothing less..... |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2014-11-17 17:55 |
| #9 "Double Super Secret email system" = Hotmail? Yahoo. It's the number one choice of senior Federal employees, execs and political appointees. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-11-17 12:55 |
| #8 A sufficiently paranoid person might suspect this "suspected hacker attack" was an inside job rather than the work of the Rooskies or Chicoms. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2014-11-17 12:14 |
| #7 "Double Super Secret email system" = Hotmail? |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2014-11-17 11:51 |
| #6 The Double Super Secret email system which is undisclosed and not subject to Congressional subpoena ("we know nothing") apparently is up and running. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-11-17 11:10 |
| #5 Waiting for the IRS to do the same thing in January. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-11-17 10:10 |
| #4 They must be expecting a subpoena. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-11-17 07:58 |
| #3 Just a precaution to keep them from losing anymore emails. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2014-11-17 05:01 |
| #2 They have been kinda quiet last week. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-11-17 02:39 |
| #1 Anything that is 'shut down' in Foggy Bottom should be seen as a positive. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-11-17 00:47 |